Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-09
the body and knees. He lived but a fey
hours after the accident.

tllt uCClucUl.
Miss Susie Bird, teacher In the Union
school at Milford, attempted TO pass under
freight train that was standing on the
side track. The train backed a. she was
under ii and she was instantly killed. Her
neck and wrist were broken; otherwise
she was not badly mutilated.
At the national drill ut Washington the
judges used 10 as the point of perfection
on each of the 50 points on which their
judgement was passed, making $50 the
pink of perfection. According to their
marking the Custer Guards of Grand Rap
ids stood at $500 and the Jackson rifles at
539.5.
At the burning of Lake Linden 10 fam
lilies, the heads of which are employees of
the Calumet IL Hecla company Immediate
ly set about building new homes. The
company is looking after the immediate
wants OF its employees, and President Ag-
ASH Is reported to have given literally
to the relief fund.
The plans for the public building at
Marquette will be finished by July 1, and
by August l the supervising architect Of
the treasury says that he will be ready to
let the contracts for the masonry. The
original limit of this appropriation was
500, 900. The site cost S7,276, and the
amount now available is $50, 5000.
Albert =, Crell, waiting trial on a charge
of forgery, escaped from the Clinton coun-
ty Jail at st. Johns by cutting and bending
the iron grating over window in the
lower east corridor. He is between 90 and
"a years of age, five feet ten inches, red
hair and mustache and sharp gray eyes.
A rA Of m IL nffinrnI for hiS
hension.
One of the events of commencement
week at Ann Arbor will be the grand
oratoriO of Elijah" to be given on
Wednesday evening preceding commence
ment by the Choral Union, of nearly 1870
voices, under charge of Prof. Cady. They
will be supported by an orchestra of forty
pieces from Detroit and by the Amphion
and Glee clubs.
The Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie IL
Atlantic railroad is to build branch
through Jacob Seligman's upper pennsu-
la pine tract, the stations on which will
be named as follows: Seligman, Little
Jake, Little, Little Mans stat on, Cloth
ing Kings station, Farmers station,
Banker, Cork Pine, Lumber Kings sta
ton and Mineral station.
Patrolman John Klebba of Detroit at
tempted to break up a row on Memorial
day. The gang of toughs set upon him
and beat him i'm brutal manner. Klebba
fired his revolver in the air to brighten the
gang, but as this did not have the desired
effect, he fired again, this time hitting
William Dolan, who died about 20 minutes
later. Klebba will be held pending the
cOroner's Investigation.
One of the rival routes of the new Gin
cinnati, Jackson IL Michigan railroad is
via Fayette through Medina, and the other
via WaldrOn and Prattville TO Hudson. The
latter route having been practically select
ed and considerable amount of the re-
quired aid being lacking in Hudson, very
generally signed petition has gone To the
state legislature asking authority to vote
upon the question of issuing village bonds
for $50, 900. This method is generally re-
garded as an equitable division of the tax
among those benefited.
The second reunion of the alumni OF
Raisin Valley seminary took place recent
ly at the commodiOus home of George
Curtis in Adrian. Over 100 were in at
tendance. Aunt Laura Haviland, one of
the founders and early teachers came from
Grand Ledge to attend. Officers were
elected for next year as follows: President,
Rufus Baker. Fairfield; vice-president,
Chester VanDeren, Adrian: secretary, A.
G.. Hall, Raisin; treasurer, Mrs. Hammond
Jamburn, Adrian. 1t was decided to hold
the next reunion on the first Thursday In
June, 1883, at the home of James b. Col
vim of RaiSin.